#C59B37#C59B37

#C59B37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59B37
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 5.54, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 56.14, 84.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0103 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.125 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4390, 35.5912, 8.6169)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59B37 #3761C5

analogous

#C55437 #C59B37 #A8C537

triadic

#C59B37 #37C59B #9B37C5

tetradic

#C59B37 #37C554 #3761C5 #C537A8

square

#C59B37 #37C554 #3761C5 #C537A8

split-complementary

#C59B37 #37A8C5 #5437C5

monochromatic

#65501C #95752A #C59B37 #D4B365 #E1CB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C59B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#C59B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59B37

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59B37	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb874',
    500: '#c59b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59b37;
$custom-light: #dbb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71074,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59B37

secondary

#8B9FCD

accent

#75E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59B37

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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